Overview
Examines the limitations of contemporary economics and politics
A Foucauldian approach to global governance
Measurement of and accountability for all dimensions of social well-being
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a forthright and novel examination of efforts to improve national and global governance over the last forty years. Much has changed since Michel Foucault considered, and rejected, economics and neoliberalism as a potential mechanism for individuals to govern themselves and their nations. Nonetheless, his approach, which focused on the evolution of social development through interaction of many disciplines and biopolitical forces, remains highly relevant. Neoliberalism became a dominant political force from the 1980s to the present. It has failed however to address issues of inequality, to ensure economic stability, or to tackle the problems of people and nations that have been marginalized by industrial progress and international conflict. Market forces alone cannot meet the needs of global society. Now, however, developments in behavioural theory, institutional theory and analysis, accounting theory and accountability practice are providing tools that are developing comprehensive and evidence-based measures of well-being that promise to broaden and strengthen the field of socio-economic policy-making. Resolute, albeit long-term, steps to establish widely accepted standards of accountability, the book argues, are essential to guide policies and address the formidable governance issues of global security, information technology, social inequality, and economic and financial crises that the world faces at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Last Empires
Book Subtitle: Governing Ourselves, Our Nations, and Our World
Authors: William Allan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59960-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10839-7Published: 19 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59960-1Published: 17 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 293
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Economic Policy, International Political Economy, Philosophy of the Social Sciences